Tag: bangalore

Happy International Jazz Day! Although we're a long way from New Orleans, we have just as much soul. Testament to this are the mushrooming of...

Handwriting; paper; postcards: it's incredible how much intrigue and wonder they can bring to our small little worlds.Yellow rectangular cards, blue airmail letters, white...

Two decades ago, tattoos used to be taboo in India. A decade ago, they became trendy. Today, there’s no denying that tattoos have become...

Cafe Theatre showcases monologues from prominent Indian theatre personalities performing in public spaces. Here's Oindrilla Chakraborty in 'The Back Room' by Joseph Arnone, playing...

The Vagina Monologues produced by Quiver Productions in collaboration with Vidyaranya, makes you laugh, brings you to tears, riles you to anger and drives...

This question was firmly on my mind when I showed up at Bangalore's collective creative space, Lahe Lahe, on August 27th. I had come for Bangalore's first Human Library experience, a concept that originated in Denmark and that has been held in Hyderabad as well. It offers visitors insight into people who ordinarily might not get to share their stories as directly, and was organized for Lahe Lahe by Ria Andrews.

There’s just something special about children’s books. Regardless of age, almost all of us can recall our favourite storybook  from when we were little....

Poetry afficionados are descending on Bangalore for the second edition of the city's poetry festival,with performances discussions and workshops led by award-winning artists and burgeoning local...

If you read a lot of Ruskin Bond, you will know that sprawling bungalows with enviable gardens play a secondary character by themselves in...

“The whole smell of books, touch and feel, surrounded by it, gives me comfort. It’s like going back to the womb” – Shweta Taneja.At...